Östby Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Östby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Östby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1321:74,5975,595
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Ostby (1,413) are calculated separately.

Östby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Östby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Östby is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Ostby. Click here for other possible spellings of Östby.

How Common Is The Last Name Östby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,544,715th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Östby are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 74,597. In Sweden Östby is most numerous in: Dalarna County, where 20 percent live, Stockholm County, where 18 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 11 percent live. Aside from Sweden it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostby931,413/
Estby80188/
Astby8016/
Oestby733/
Estbuy731/
Ostbay730/
Oesstby671/
Astvy60381/
Ostbi601/
Östvi601/
Ashtbi551/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Östby
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